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The California Shared Parenting Alliance (CSPA) is a group of mental health professionals, family law practitioners and concerned parents who believe that children’s need for frequent and meaningful contact with both parents after a divorce is paramount.

CSPA was organized for the purpose of passing AB 1307, a bill which will clarify California law and create a clear presumption that parents equally share in the responsibility of joint custody of their children unless there is clear evidence that it would not be in the children’s best interest.  

While California is more progressive than most states in its understanding of children's rights, in many California divorces children still see one of the two people they love most in the world pushed to the margins of their lives. AB 1307 protects children's relationship with both parents by making it clear that parents come before the family law court with equal rights to and responsibilities for their children.

The current system creates unnecessary litigation and added conflict between parents as they jockey to position themselves in the most favorable light for the court. By equally respecting the bonds children share with each of their parents, AB 1307 encourages co-parenting and cooperation between divorced couples.

CSPA recognizes that there are some situations where joint custody is harmful to children, such as in cases which involve child abuse, domestic violence, substance abuse or other pathologies. CSPA also recognizes that there are some situations where equal physical time between parents is not appropriate, such as when one parent's job requires them to travel extensively or be  stationed far away from his or her children.

Research clearly establishes that shared custody creates better outcomes for children emotionally, educationally, and financially. CSPA believes that in most cases children's interests are best served when their rights to have a relationship with both parents is protected.

According to Karen DeCrow, former president of the National Organization for Women:

"If there is a divorce in the family, I urge a presumption of joint custody of the children. Shared parenting is not only fair to men and children, it is the best option for women. After observing women's rights and responsibilities for more than a quarter of a century of feminist activism, I conclude that shared parenting is great for women, giving time and opportunity for female parents to pursue education, training, jobs, careers, profession and leisure. There is nothing scientific, logical or rational in excluding men or forever holding women and children as if in swaddling clothes in an eternally loving bondage. Most of us have acknowledged that women can do everything that men can do. It is time now for us to acknowledge that men can do everything women can do."

 

 

 

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May 11, 2005
AB 1307 Hearing Video
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May 3, 2005
Shared Parenting Bill AB 1307 Defeated in Assembly Judiciary Committee despite massive popular support. Assemblyman Mervyn M. Dymally, the bill's principal author, says he will be bring the bill back next year.

April 26, 2005
Over 2,000 CSPA Supporters Call, Fax and Write the Assembly Judiciary Committee in support of AB 1307, the new California Shared Parenting bill

April 24, 2005
California Shared Parenting Alliance Launches Campaign in Support of California AB 1307!

April 19, 2005
AB 1307 Introduced into California Assembly

April 14, 2005
Opinion Columnists Call for Shared Parenting

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